Automatic line puller for fishlines



P 8, 1942- J. ZENEWICH 2,295,250

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AUTOMATIC LINE FULLER FOR FISHLINES Filed May 16, 1941 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 jg Z Attorney Patented Sept. 8, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AUTOMATIC LINE PULLER FOR. FISHLINES Joseph Zenewich, Chicago, Ill.

Application May 16, 1941, Serial No. 393,822

, 2 Claims. (Cl. 4315) My invention relates to improvements in automatic line pullers for fishing lines, the principal .object in view being to provide a simply constructed, inexpensive device of this character which may be attached quickly to any relatively fixed base and set under tension for release by a pull exerted on the line, as by a biting fish, to react and pull in the line sufiiciently to hook, or catch, the biting fish.

Other, and subordinate, objects are also comprehended by my invention all of which, together with the precise nature of my improvement, will be readily understood when the succeeding description and claims are read with reference to the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the preferred embodiment of my invention and showing the part in set position,

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the parts released,

Figure 3 is a view in top plan showing the parts in the Figure 1 position,

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the parts in the Figure 2 position, v

Figure 5 is a view in front elevation with the parts in set position,

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view in top plan showing the front end of the support, the trigger, and the trigger trip,

Figure 7 is a view in side elevation of a modified embodiment of the invention showing the parts in set position,

Figure 8 is a view in top plan of the modified embodiment, and

Figure 9 is a view in vertical transverse section taken'on a line 9--9 of Figure '7.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, and first to the preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 6, my invention comprises a bar-like support I having a screw stud 2 extending at a right angle from the bottom of the same, adjacent what constitutes the rear end of the support, and for turning into a fixed base 3, for instance, the gunwale of a boat, a wharf, or the like, to attach to support I to the base in elevated substantially horizontal position. A line pulling arm 4 having an oblique angled rear end portion 5 is pivotally mounted on one side of said support, as by a. pivot pin 6 extending through said portion 5 and so as to provide a rear end for the arm 4 depending below said support and a straight portion above said support for setting into parallel overlying relation to the support and swingable upwardly and rearwardly into upstanding position. A coil spring 1 having its opposite ends connected to said rear end of the arm 4 and to a stud 8 depending from the bottom of the support I adjacent the front end of the latter tensions said arm against setting and for reaction to swing upwardly and rearwardly. A line gripping stud 9 of resilient metal extends laterally from the front end of the arm A and is longitudinally slit to provide reactive clamping fingers Ill for gripping a fishing line therebetween. A depending hook-like catch H is provided on the arm 4 adjacent the front end thereof. A vertically swingable trigger I2 is pivoted intermediate its ends, as at l3, on said side of the support I adjacent, said trigger having a hooked rear end l4 adapted to be swung over the catch ll into a cooked position under swinging of the trigger H in one direction, the arrangement being such that tension is exerted on the hooked end M of the trigger l2 through the catch II and arm 4 tending to rotate said trigger I2 in the opposite direction to release said catch. The trigger I2 is provided with a tail extension l5 projecting forwardly. A bar-like trip I6 is pivoted at one end, as at H, on top of the support, forwardly of the trigger l2, for swinging horizontally rearwardly to move its other end under the trigger extension l5 and thereby latch the trigger in cocked position, said trip being swingable forwardly from under said trip extension l5 to release the trigger.

A lateral stop pin I8 is provided on the support I for engagement by the arm 4 to limit upward and rearward swinging movement thereof.

Referring now to the use and operation of the described embodiment of my invention, to set the device, the arm 4 is swung forwardly and downwardly on the pivot 6 until the catch H is positioned behind the trigger l2. The trigger I2 is then swung upwardly and rearwardly to position the hook end I4 thereof over the catch II. The trigger I2 is then held in the described position and the trip l6 swung on its pivot 11 rearwardly under the tail extension 15 of the trigger thereby said trigger is latched in cocked position by said trip and the arm 4 is held in set position by the trigger. The fishing line is is then attached to the line gripping stud 8 at a suitable point in its length and by inserting said line between the clamping fingers 9 of said stud. The line I8 is then led from the stud 8 rearwardly and downwardly behind the trip l6 and then forwardly into the water, 'not shown. With the parts in the described position, a pull on the forwardly extending part of the line It, as by a fish biting, will swing the trip It forwardly from under the tail extension ii of the trigger l2 to unlatch said trigger. Under tension exerted upwardly on the catch l I through the arm 4 and spring I, the hooked end l4 of the trigger will be swung by the catch H to free said catch. The arm 4 will then be swung upwardly and rearwardly through the medium of the spring I to exert a quick pull on the line thereby hooking the fish in a manner which will be clear.

In the modified embodiment of the invention as shown in Figures 7 to 9, the device comprises a rectangular block-like support 19 adapted to be attached to a relatively fixed base 20 by a threaded stud 2i depending from the bottom of the support and for turning into said base 20. Extending rearwardly from the support is is a U- shaped member 22 having its ends suitably secured to the rear side of the support i9 and providing a pair of laterally spaced rod-like guides 23 for a block-like cross-head 24 slidably mounted on said guides 23 for movement forwardly and rearwardly, respectively. A pair of stop pins 25 upstanding from said guides 23 intermediate the ends of the member 22 limits rearward movement of' the cross-head 24. A coil spring 26 having one end connected, as at 21, to the bend 28 of the member 22, and its other end suitably connected to a stud 29 on the cross-head 24 urges in its forward limit of movement. In the cocked 'position of the trigger 3|, the front end thereof extends forwardly over the support is and the rear end finger 33 inclines across the rear of the line gripping stud 20 so that a pull exerted rearwardly on said stud by the spring 26 is directed against said finger in a manner tending to cam the finger from behind the stud and swing the trigger in the opposite direction from cocked position.

Pivoted at one end thereof, as'at 34, on the support I! is a trigger trip 35 having a straight leg 36 swingable rearwardly and forwardly into and from engagement with the front end of the trigger ll crosswise of said end, and also having a right angled extension 31 projecting rearwardly from said leg 38 and terminating in a laterally outwardly extending end 38. The leg 36 of the trip 35 has an edge notch 39 adapted on the rearward swinging of the leg to seat the front end of the trigger 3| therein and thereby latch the trigger 3| in cocked position, the arrangement being such that forward swinging of the trip '25 will release the front end of the trigger guides 23, against the tension of the spring 26,

into its forward limit of movement, and the trigger 3| swung in the proper direction to locate the finger l3 behind the stud 30 whereby the cross-head 24 is held in its forward limit of movement, and the trigger 8| cocked. The trip 25 is then swung rearwardly to seat the front end of the trigger il in the notch 38 and latch the trigger in cocked position. The fishing line 39 is fixed at any suitable point in the stud SI in the manner which will be clear and then led behind the end 38 of the trip and threaded through a notch 40 in said end. said line then being led forwardly into the water. As will be manifest, a pull exerted on the line 39 by a fish will cause said line to pull on the end 22 of the trip 25 and swing the same forwardly to disengage the notch 39 from the front end of the trigger 2|, thereby uniatching said trigger for camming by the stud ill from cocked position to release the stud 30 and hence the cross-head 24. As soon as the cross-head 24 is released, the spring 26 pulls the same rearwardly together with the line 39 thereby hooking the fish.

The foregoing will, it is believed, sumce to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention is susceptible of modification in other respects than as set forth herein, and right is reserved to such other modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. 'A line pulling device for a fishing line comprising a support, means to attach the support to a relatively fixed base, settable spring tensioned means on said support movable in one direction into set position for return movement in the opposite direction under the tension exerted thereagainst, means to attach a fishing line to said settable means to be pulled in one direction by return movement of. the settable means, releasable means to establish the set position of said settable means adapted for connection of said line thereto and operative to release by a pull exerted on said line in a direction opposite to that first mentioned, said releasable means when released freeing said line from connection thereto for direct pull thereon by said settable means.

2. A line pulling device for a fishing line comprising a bar-like support, means at one end of said support for attaching the same to a base in elevated substantially horizontal position, a line pulling arm pivoted on said support adjacent one end thereof for swinging movement of its other end downwardly and upwardly relative to the support, spring means tensioning said arm for on said other end of the arm for attaching a fishing line thereto to be pulled in by upward swing-r ing of said other end, and releasable means to hold said arm down in opposition to the tension exerted thereagainst comprising a hook-shaped catch on said arm, a trigger pivoted intermediate its ends on said support and having a hook end adapted to be set in one direction over said catch and to be swung in the opposite direction to release said catch under upward swinging of said other end of said arm, and coacting trip devices on said trigger and support, respectively, for blocking swinging of said trigger in said opposite direction comprising a tail extension on said trigger, and a bar-like trip pivoted at one end on said support for swinging beneath said extension and looping of the line around the same whereby said trip may be swung from under the extension by pull exerted on the line.

JOSEPH ZENEWICH. I 

